-Altnews.in After the fifth increase in LPG refill prices since December 2020, except for a meagre cut of Rs 10 on March 31, 14.2 kg LPG refill will now cost Rs 834.50. However, BJP supporter Rishi Bagree shared a tweet listing LPG cylinders since 2011 and claimed that non-subsidised LPG gas is 32% cheaper than its price during the UPA government. Bagree had tweeted the same earlier in February and in 2020....
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Minimum Support prices in India: Distilling the Facts -Prankur Gupta, Reetika Khera, and Sudha Narayanan
--Review of Agrarian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, JANUARY-JUNE, 2021 Abstract: In recent years in India, minimum support price (MSP) and government procurement, especially of paddy and wheat, have been discussed widely, but these discussions have often drawn on evidence that is dated and incomplete. Consequently, such discussions have clouded the facts, resulting in a large number of factoids. According to these popular misconceptions, very few farmers (6 per cent only) benefit...
More »Govt cuts import duty on crude palm oil to lower retail edible oil prices
-PTI/ The Hindu Currently, basic customs duty on crude palm oil is 15%, while it is 45% for all other categories of palmolein. The government on Tuesday reduced basic customs duty on crude palm oil to 10%, which will help bring down the edible oil prices in the retail market. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in a notification cut the basic customs duty on crude palm oil to 10%...
More »How A Tribal Community In Odisha Is Battling Climate Change With Traditional Farming -Abhijit Mohanty
-IndiaSpend.com Women farmers are taking the lead in reviving the cultivation of native varieties of millets that are resilient to drought, salinity, extreme heat, pests and diseases; need less water than paddy; and are richer in nutrition. Nestled in the remote forested hills of Odisha's Malkangiri district, Bondaghati is home to the Bonda tribe, one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the state. Some 12,321 Bonda people lived in...
More »Potato imports from Bhutan allowed again -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Retail inflation in potatoes surged from 6.8% in April this year to 11.1% in May, SBI had noted With retail potato prices rising sharply over April and May, the government has decided to permit the import of Potatoes from Bhutan without any license up to June 30, 2022, as per a notification issued late on Monday by the Commerce and Industry Ministry. Last October, as potato prices crossed ₹40 per kilogram...
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